Here’s a sneak peek at work for SEED Collective’s next group show, entitled Physical Universes, at the Davis Gallery in the Milton Rhodes Arts Center in Winston-Salem from Jan. 9 to Jan. 25 Mark your calendars, the opening reception will be Thursday, January 9th from 5pm-8pm. (Exhibit dates: 1/9/14 – 1/25/14)

The SEED Collective, a group of eleven local artists, will be showing work at the new Washington Perk location in the hip & happenin’ downtown Winston-Salem.

Located on Fourth Street in the heart of downtown, the new ‘Downtown Perk’ is a much needed addition…AND since this is the City of the Arts, SEED has been invited to “ART-UP” the joint! To add even more fun, Country Vintner will be showcasing eleven wines…ELEVEN ARTISTS, ELEVEN WINES all on August 22nd!

So come on down & check out this new hot spot & enjoy some crazy-awesome art & fabulous wines…WOW-ZEE-WOWZER!

Winston-Salem art collective SEED hosted a reception on May 23 celebrating the opening of its new exhibit, on display on the first floor of the Community Arts Café. SEED Sprouts, which runs through June, serves as the introduction of the collective’s newest artists: Cindy Taplin, Ian Bredice and Ed Young.

“I thought they’d be great additions to the group,” said Millicent Greason, who co-founded SEED with ten other artists in 1998.

The group initially operated out of a former seed warehouse — hence its name. SEED no longer has its own space, though, so the collective constantly collaborates with other galleries and establishments to hold its shows.

The exhibit at the Community Arts Café is scattered throughout the building’s basement floor. Most of the pieces adorn the walls of the circular concourse, which leads into a large dining room and small bar area that collectively feature roughly another dozen pieces.

SEED Sprouts features a wide variety of styles and subjects, including Young’s uncompromising abstract paintings, Greason’s 3-D mixed-media pieces, Dave Urena’s panoramic photo collages and Laurie Russell’s acrylic dog portraits. The three new members each carry unique, recognizable styles, adding to the already diverse array of work of SEED’s other eight members.

SEED is planting art in the community in conjunction with our group exhibit “Sprouted!” opening May 23rd at CAC. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be hiding FREE hand-painted art objects created by SEED artists around downtown Winston-Salem. Join the hunt and if you find one, it’s yours to keep–no charge! Stay tuned, the hunt will start soon! We’ll be posting hints on hiding places and sharing your finds on facebook.com/SEEDCollective.

Here’s a look at the SEED art garden trowels, pre-artification:

And here are just a few photos of the art objects you could find during this “art planting” event: